CATALYST FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF LIGNIN METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF ALCOHOLS AND ORGANIC ACIDS METHOD FOR THE PREPARATION OF LIGNIN-DECOMPOSITION PRODUCTS CATALYST FOR THE DECOMPOSITION OF AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS METHOD FOR RELEASING HYDROGEN IONS AS WELL AS PORPHYRIN

摘要

A catalyst for decomposing lignin comprising porphyrin, a catalyst for decomposing aromatic hydrocarbons. A solution containing an alkaline compound is added to lignin, a lignin-decomposing catalyst is added to the lignin-alkaline compound solution as desired, and light irradiation is carried out as desired, or a lignin-decomposing catalyst is added to the lignin And light irradiation is performed to separate alcohols and organic acids. The decomposition products generated when the alcohols and the organic acids are separated are recovered and the hydrogen ions are liberated. Porphyrin having a catalytic function for converting lignin into alcohols and organic acids, porphyrin having a catalytic function for decomposing a compound containing an aromatic hydrocarbon having an oxygen atom bonded to carbon forming a benzene ring, and a gene ypjD (b2611) Porphyrin obtained by culturing Escherichia coli that can not be expressed by mutation.